Cigarette and cigar holder



Patented Oct. 6, 1931 PATENT oF c:

EMILE BOECKEL, OF PARIS, FRANCE CIGARETTE AND CIGAR HOLDER Applicationfiled September 7, 1829, Serial No. 391,()17, and in France August 22,1929.

i This invention has for object a new arrangement for extracting andejecting auto- 'matically ont of Cigarette or cigar holders the end ofthe cigarette or cigar when the 'Bl-Litter has been Smoked.

It is in fact annoying and disagreeable, especially for a lady to haveto extract the stub-end remaining in the holder hy hand or with somearticle at hand as for instance the point of a match or a pin.

The new arrangement perinitsof eXtracting and ejecting automatically theend oI" the cigarette which remains, by simple pressure onja smalllater-al knoh or pusher which by reason of its disposition and natureconstitutes' moreever a supplementary ornainent for the holder. Furtherthe new arrangement by reason of its Construction isapplicable to allshapes and to all dimensione of cigarette or cigar holder and notexclusively to a' particular type. A

r The arrangement consists essentially as follows: i

Of an extracting pisten housed in the holder disposed axially as well asits tuhular guiding sten for the passage for the smoke and provided witha spring which constantly tends to push it towards the rear andretaining pin to hold it in the position Wherein the spi-ing is loaded.

Of a retaining ring for the pin for the piston, enclosed in a capthrough which the pin for the pisten passes and the guide tube for thelatter, said retaining ring being eccen- 35 trically disposed so as tocatch and retain the pin for the pisten but capable of receiving atranslatory movement in its plane by the action of a small springplunger extruding to the outside surface of the holder in such a inanneras to come concentricall with the pisten and its pin to free the letterand allow the piston to slide forwardly under the action of its spring.

The accompanying drawings show by way of example at: Figure l acigarette holder fitted with the device seen in longitudinal section thepisten occupying its most rearward position so that the cigarette may hefitted and Smoked; Figure 2 the same holder likewise seen in longitudnalsection, the

plunger being pushed in and the piston freed so expelling the end of theSmoked cigarette; Figs. 3 and two cross sectional views taken at rightangles to the longitudinal axis of the holder through the plunger, thesefigures corresponding respectively to the position occupied by theplunger and 'the retaining ring in Figs. 1 and 2 Fig. 5 the several members constituting the device seen in perspective before' assembly.

To permit 'of the application of the said device, the cigarette or cigarholder 1, which may be of any dimension and of anysuitable externalsection: round, heXagonal, square and so on and one or several parte butnot formed with a gradually decreasing section of bore but with aforward housing 2 which is cylindrical or slightly trunconic and a smokeConduit 3 of lesser dianieter, the housing 2 so 'comprising an end wallt and a hemispherical cup 5. y

At the end of the housing '2 is disposed a small capsule 6 and its cover7, both being bored through their centres and enclosing the engagingring 8 the central bore of which is chanifered on one side 8' tofaclitate the introduction of the retaining pin of the extracting pistonand provided with a small screw thread on its periphery A small plunger9 the head of which protrudes on the side of the holder through anorifice provided for this purpose, is screwed in the lateral screwthread of the engaging ring 8. A small spring 10 is fitted on the sternofthis plunger and hea'rs at one end against the ahutnent 9' provided onthe plunger and at the other end against the cap 6 through wvhich slidesthe stern of the plunger. 11 encloses the spring 10 and at the sametimeserves to prevent the entry of air through the orifice left for thepassage oi' the plunger.

A pisten 12 bored at its centre slides in the housing 2 and isintegralized with a guiding tube 13 fitted in the passage 3 so as toslide therein and give a Conduit for the smoke. This piston is providedwith a retaning pin 14 which, when the pisten is pushed back for theintroduction of the eigarette in the housing 2, penetrates into anorifice in the Finally a small pressed on casing y cover 7 of theengaging ring 8 and of the botton of the cap 6 and is then retained bythe ring S which the spring 10 ot' the plunger forces to constantly takeup an eccentric position as shown in Figs. l and 3 when the plunger isnot pushed upon.

A helical spring 15 con'pressed between the cover 7 and the pisten 12 isintegralized therewith by the introduction of its extremities in grooves7' and 12' of a recess 7" and 12" tormed on said cover and pistenrespectively.

Alternatively a cylindrical pin not shown, can be fitted inside thehousing 2 and serve as cylinder for pisten 1 The arrangement soeonstructed functions in the following manner.

Then a cigaretteis pushed into the housing 2, spring 15 which issuiiciently strong to expulse the finished ends ot' a cigarette is notstrong enough to prevent the insertion of a fresh eigaretteor to damageit. The pisten 12 theretore :gives awayand is pushed baci(- wards to theend ot the housing 2. The pin 14 enters a cap 6, earries the engagingring 8 slightly towards the centre by reason ot the chamfer 8' seastoenter it then permits this ring to return to its original eccentricposi tion so that thereafter it can oppose the forward movement ot thepisten, keep the spring 15 loaded and prevent the lighted cigarette frombeing unmtentionally ejected.

The drawing of the cigarette ensured and the :inhalation ot the smoketakes place through the tube 13. Vhen the 'eigarette is almost finishedand one is about to insert a new one or put aside the holder it is onlynecessary to lightly press with the finger on the small lateralplunger 9which pushes back the ring 8 and eauses it to slide in the cap G inorder to take up a position such that it is coneentnie with the tube ofthe pisten. The pin lsof slightly less diameter to the orifice of theretaining ring being then no longer engaged and since a passage isopposite it, it no longeropposes the action of the spring 15 whichdetends, pushes back the pisten 12 and expulses the end of the cigarettefrom the holder.

The eigarette or 'cigar holder eonstructed with=such an ar-angement cannot only have any shape or dimension as already stated but `can be madeof all substances usually employed for such holders while the parts ofthe ejectingdevice susceptible of being seen can be made of ordinary orprecious metals naturally with the exception of 'the springs.

The head or 'knob of the plunger which projects externally of the holderand which 'is -one of the main eharacteristics of 'the deviee can 'befitted with a preeious stone or an imitation litted 'in a ringsurrounding the holder or in an engraved crown ornamented withbrilliants and so on formed by the edge ofethe easing surrounding-theplunger ll.

I claim:

l. In a. holder for eigars and cigarettes means for expelling stub endscomprising a pisten adapted to slide in a recess in the holder aslidable smoke tube carryin said piston a spring disposed exteriorly ofsaid smoke tube adapted for propelling said piston, a housing in saidholder, a ring mounted for lateral movement in said housing, a studcarried by said ring said stud normally projecting laterally to theexterior of the holder, means tor retaining said ring eccentrically ofthe holder, and means upon the smoke tube for engaging saideccentrically disposed ring to retain the piston in its retractedposition said ring being moved into coneentrie position to release saidpisten upon pressing said stud.

2. In a holder for cigars and cigarettes, means for expelling stub endseonprising a piston for ejecting the stub ends housed in a. reeess inthe holder, an axial guide tube carrying said pisten the smoke passingthrough said tube, a spring for propelling said pisten, a member forretaining said piston retracted, said member being carried by said guidetube, a. easing located in the bore ot the holden said casing beingprovided with a hoie through which said guide tube passes a ring mountedin said casing, said ring being capable of lateral displacement, aperipheral stud carried by said ring said stud 1n'ojecting laterallythrough the exterior of the holder and mans for holdin g said ringeccentrically of the holder, said ring being eecentrically disposed whenthe stud is not pressed to engage the retaining member said ringbecoming concentrcally disposed to release the pisten on pressure beingapplied to saidstud.

EMILE BOECKEL.

